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Direction for questions 1 to 5: Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow with reference
to it.
Retailing — no marks for guessing this is the most active and attractive sector of the last decade. While the
retailing industry itself has been present through history in our country, it is only the recent past that has
witnessed so much dynamism. It’s the latest bandwagon that has witnessed hordes of players leaping onto it.
While international retail store chains have caught the fancy of many travellers abroad, the action was missing
from the Indian business scene, at least till recently.
The emergence of retailing in India has more to do with the increasing purchasing power of buyers, especially
post-liberalisation, increase in product variety, and the increasing economies of scale, with the aid of modern
supply and distribution management solutions.
A definition of retailing is essential in order to be in a position to assess the impact of retailing and its future
potential. The current retailing revolution has been provided an impetus from multiple sources. These
‘revolutionaries’ include many conventional stores upgrading themselves to modern retailing, companies in
competitive environments entering the market directly to ensure exclusive visibility for their products and
professional chain stores coming up to meet the need of the manufacturers who do not fall into either of the
above categories. Attractiveness, accessibility and affordability seem to be the key offerings of the retailing
chain
1. What, according to the passage, has been the most attractive sector in the last decade?
a. Conventional stores b. Product variety c. Retailing d. None of these
2. Retailing was present, but lacked something according to the author. What was it?
a. Charm b. Profitability c. Entrepreneurship d. Dynamism
4. What, according to the passage, does not appear as a feature of the modern face of retailing?
a. Attractiveness b. Affordability c. Accessibility d. Alacrity
Direction for questions 6 to 15: Fill in the blanks with one of the choices provided below.
8. Buying and selling, they would say. However, great businesses ____ another important function.
a. comprise b. consist of c. collect d. entail
9. Establishing relationships. Can you or can you not ____ a relation with all the stakeholders, is what is
critical.
a. propagate b. motivate c. cultivate d. instigate
10. The best business managers ____ that business is 90 per cent relations and 10 per cent perspiration.
a. compound b. predict c. propound d. None of these
11. There have been many instances of great business empires that have been ____ by bad management.
a. ruined b. saved c. created d. toppled
12. Dhirubhai Ambani called his company Reliance, since Reliance stood for trust and hence the ____ of
success.
a. cornerstone b. pitfall c. preamble d. meaning
13. Trust takes a lifetime to generate and only one mistake to ____.
a. forget b. squander c. Both (a) and (b) d. vanish
14. Incidents like Enron, Arthur Anderson and WorldCom will ____ the people who have lost their money and
jobs for the rest of their lives.
a. chase b. suffer c. threaten d. haunt
15. Any business is not without a face. It only matters whether the face is ____ or intimidating.
a. intimate b. intimating c. intimation d. None of these
Direction for questions 16 to 25: In each of the following questions, one complete pair of words or phrases
and one term of another pair are given. Complete the second pair by choosing the correct term from the given
choices.
Direction for questions 26 to 30: Read the passage carefully and indicate the meaning of the word underlined
by choosing one of the four alternatives as given.
Some profit by verbal obfuscation, or indeed strive to bring it about. Advertisers are not displeased if the public
thinks of vacuum cleaners as Hoovers or paper tissues as Kleenex. And demagogues frequently believe in the
premise of Newspeak, namely, that to control language is to control thought, and they dream of limiting speech
and thinking to a rude little lexicon of politically correct grunts, just enough for efficient exploitation of those
they rule. But when left to itself the evolution of word meanings is an occult, unpredictable, and unfathomable
process.
26. Obfuscation
a. Confusion b. Cancellation c. Uneasiness d. Constipation
27. Demagogue
a. Ancient b. Corpse c. Manipulator d. Traitor
28. Premise
a. Conclusion b. Inference c. Assumption d. Noteworthy
29. Lexicon
a. Meaning b. Record c. List d. None of these
30. Occult
a. Cult b. Concealed c. Conflict d. Camaraderie
31. Overt
a. Undercover b. Explicit c. Secretive d. Covert
32. Incorrigible
a. Reformable b. Impossible c. Irrevocable d. Inedible
33. Transparent
a. Clear b. Opaque c. Large d. Open
34. Quotidian
a. Serious b. Expensive c. Unusual d. Neutral
35. Gawky
a. Fragrant b. Melodious c. Dexterous d. Interesting
36. Comely
a. Becoming b. Ugly c. Pretty d. Attractive
37. Infirm
a. Weak b. Deft c. Potent d. Strong
38. Errant
a. Vagabond b. Settled c. Upright d. Arrant
39. Nurture
a. Flourish b. Nervous c. Heavenly d. Destroy
40. Kindle
a. Inspire b. Desire c. Extinguish d. Distinguish
Direction for questions 41 to 50: Read the following passage carefully and indicate the meaning of the words
or phrases underlined by choosing the correct alternative.
The Karnataka government must be gratified that forest brigand Veerappan did not dictate who should be the
state chief minister. Instead, he merely wanted jailed ‘LTTE sympathiser’ Kolathur T. S. Mani to be freed and
made the emissary for securing the release of kidnapped former minister H. Nagappa, the bandit’s hostage for
over three months. Since Veerappan had threatened to behead Mr Nagappa if Mani was not released before
November 30, the government of S. M. Krishna readily capitulated.
Hardly surprising then that the government did not oppose the bail application of Mani, the charges against
whom include supplying arms, ammunition, explosives and other material to Veerappan. With the Krishna
government only too willing to utilise his services as a negotiator, little credence can be given to law and
Even as Karnataka prepares to revoke the charges against Mani, the Tamil Nadu government has said that he
will be arrested the moment he steps into the state where he is wanted in five cases, including one relating to
the kidnapping of matinee idol Rajkumar. However, the fact that Chennai is helpless should Bangalore send him
as an emissary clearly shows that terrorists and criminals, far from being on the run, are being courted by
governments.
This is not to suggest that Kolathur Mani should be condemned without a fair trial but to underscore that the
Karnataka government, which framed the charges against him, now finds it expedient to drop the cases,
making both actions highly suspect. In 2000, the Krishna government’s decision to release Veerappan’s
associates detained under TADA in exchange for Rajkumar’s release was halted by the Supreme Court.
In its criticism of the hostage-for-detenus deal, the apex court asked the Krishna administration to quit if it
could not govern. If the import of the court’s observations made at that time can be disregarded with impunity
now, obviously the administration’s fear of Veerappan is greater than its respect for the judiciary.
41. Gratified
a. Great b. Thankless c. Content d. Joyous
42. Sympathiser
a. Traitor b. Ally c. Relative d. None of these
43. Credence
a. Acceptance b. Rigidity c. Rebuttal d. Trustworthiness
44. Brimming
a. Scarcity b. Stolid c. Fond d. Awash
45. Emissary
a. Ambassador b. Spy c. Tourist d. Visitor
46. Revoke
a. Provoke b. Invoke c. Repeal d. Retard
47. Matinee
a. Moribund b. Hostile c. Unperturbed d. None of these
48. Condemned
a. Blessed b. Gorgeous c. Convicted d. None of these
50. Impunity
a. Delightful b. Exemption c. Alacrity d. Disgusting
Direction for questions 51 to 55: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow
with reference to it.
South Africa is a country blessed with an abundance of natural resources including fertile farmlands and unique
mineral resources. South African mines are world leaders in the production of diamonds and gold as well as
strategic metals such as platinum. The climate is mild, reportedly resembling the San Francisco bay area
weather more than anywhere in the world.
South Africa was colonised by the English and Dutch in the 17th century. English domination of the Dutch
descendants (known as Boers or Afrikaners) resulted in the Dutch establishing the new colonies of Orange
Free State and Transvaal. The discovery of diamonds in these lands around 1900 resulted in an English
invasion, which sparked the Boer War. Following independence from England, an uneasy power sharing between
the two groups held sway until the 1940s, when the Afrikaner National Party was able to gain a strong majority.
Strategists in the National Party invented apartheid as a means to cement their control over the economic and
social system. Initially, aim of the apartheid was to maintain white domination while extending racial separation.
Starting in the 1960s, a plan of ‘Grand Apartheid’ was executed, emphasising territorial separation and police
repression.
With the enactment of apartheid laws in 1948, racial discrimination was institutionalised. Race laws touched
every aspect of social life, including a prohibition of marriage between non-whites and whites, and the sanctioning
of ‘white-only’ jobs. In 1950, the Population Registration Act required that all South Africans be racially classified
into one of three categories: white, black (African), or coloured (of mixed descent). The coloured category
included major subgroups of Indians and Asians. Classification into these categories was based on appearance,
social acceptance, and descent. For example, a white person was defined as ‘in appearance obviously a white
person or generally accepted as a white person’. A person could not be considered white if one of his or her
parents were non-white. The determination that a person was ‘obviously white’ would take into account ‘his
habits, education, and speech and deportment and demeanour’. A black person would be of or accepted as a
member of an African tribe or race, and a coloured person is one that is not black or white. The department of
home affairs (a government bureau) was responsible for the classification of the citizenry. Non-compliance with
the race laws was dealt with harshly. All blacks were required to carry ‘pass books’ containing fingerprints,
photos and information on access to non-black areas.
In 1951, the Bantu Authorities Act established a basis for ethnic government in African reserves, known as
‘homelands’. These homelands were independent states to which each African was assigned by the government
according to the record of origin (which was frequently inaccurate). All political rights, including voting, held by
an African were restricted to the designated homeland. The idea was that they would be citizens of the homeland,
losing their citizenship in South Africa and any right of involvement with the South African Parliament, which
held complete hegemony over the homelands. From 1976 to 1981, four of these homelands were created,
denationalising nine million South Africans. The homeland administrations refused the nominal independence,
In 1953, the Public Safety Act and the Criminal Law Amendment Act were passed, which empowered the
government to declare stringent states of emergency and increased penalties for protesting against or supporting
the repeal of a law. The penalties included fines, imprisonment and whippings. In 1960, a large group of blacks
in Sharpeville refused to carry their passes; the government declared a state of emergency. The emergency
lasted for 156 days, leaving 69 people dead and 187 people wounded. Wielding the Public Safety Act and the
Criminal Law Amendment Act, the white regime had no intention of changing the unjust laws of apartheid.
The penalties imposed on political protest, even non-violent protest, were severe. During the states of emergency
that continued intermittently until 1989, anyone could be detained without a hearing by a low-level police official
for up to six months. Thousands of individuals died in custody, frequently after gruesome acts of torture. Those
who were tried were sentenced to death, banished, or imprisoned for life, like Nelson Mandela.
53. Which party has been accused of introducing apartheid in South Africa?
a. African National Congress b. Afrikaner National Party
c. The Boer Militia d. Cannot be determined
Direction for questions 56 to 65: Fill in the blanks with one of the choices provided below.
56. ____ had I put my key in the lock than the watchdog sprang at me.
a. Hardly b. Barely c. Scarcely d. No sooner
57. Not since 1942 had Orissa ____ a cyclone of this magnitude.
a. demonstrated b. witnessed c. made d. undergone
58. The cyclone, with wind speeds of around 200 kilometres per hour had uprooted trees, ____ electric
poles, brought down houses and blown away tinned roofs.
a. removed b. uprooted c. thrown d. twisted
60. According to the ____ department officials in the state, the cyclone was not altogether unexpected
during this part of the year.
a. forestry b. forensic c. forecasting d. meteorological
61. On October 18, a devastating cyclone ____ through one of the state’s largest cities, Behrampur in
Ganjam district, and adjoining districts leaving a trail of destruction.
a. ran b. howled c. ripped d. moved
62. But by the time the cyclone had passed through, it had already shown how ____ inadequate the
disaster prediction in the country actually is.
a. Short-sightedly b. pitifully c. scarcely d. awesomely
64. The post-monsoon season routinely ____ such storms at least twice a month.
a. brings b. testifies c. forecasts d. witnesses
65. It was only later that the ____ experts finally realised that it was going to be a severe cyclonic storm.
a. political b. country’s c. international d. weather
Direction for questions 66 to 75: Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.
Performance appraisal has been one of the most debated management practices for several decades. It has
generated a wide variety of viewpoints. Here I will concentrate, due to paucity of time and space, on appraisal
objectives and its linkages with pay and rewards.
Typically, performance appraisal schemes serve multiple objectives. It is centrally linked to the motivation of
employees. It provides some of the essential components of effective motivational strategies; in particular,
feedback that permits an employee to learn how well he or she is performing; goal or objective-setting that
specifies what the person should be doing; team building that allows the employee to participate along with
peers and his superiors in solving problems that impede his productivity; and monetary incentives that reward
good performance.
Performance appraisal leads to the identification of the training and development needs of the employees. It
also has close links with other important areas of human resource management, in particular with selection,
motivation, goal-congruency and succession planning. Performance data provides relevant information required
for validating selection methods, in assessing whether selection methods are bringing high performers into the
organisation.
Here the organisation must not get trapped into the various pitfalls that come along with administration of
appraisal system. The question that arises here is how to avoid these pitfalls? A necessary condition for the
66. What, according to the passage, should be done to make the performance appraisal successful?
a. Clearly communicate the objectives of the appraisal process.
b. Link the appraisal process with remuneration.
c. Use the appraisal simply as a measure of goal congruency.
d. None of these
67. What, according to the passage, should the key decision-makers be aware of?
a. The level of motivation of the employees.
b. The objectives the appraisal system is expected to achieve.
c. Training and development needs of the employees.
d. None of these
69. What does ‘paucity’, as used in the context of this passage mean?
a. Availability b. Opportunity c. Scarcity d. None of these
Directions for questions 76 to 80: Select the choice that comes closest to the opposite in meaning to the
word given in the question.
76. Enhance
a. Abate b. Ruin c. Repeat d. Philanthropic
77. Catalyst
a. Defeatist b. Droop c. Brake d. Pessimistic
78. Witless
a. Certain b. Clear c. Brilliant d. Definite
79. Dexterous
a. Suave b. Desperate c. Awkward d. Eclectic
80. Wary
a. Imbalanced b. Ventricle c. Insane d. Trusting
Direction for questions 81 to 85: Find out what comes next in the series.
3 1 5
82. 1, 1, , , , ___.
4 2 16
7 3 3
a. b. c. d. None of these
16 32 16
Directon for questions 86 to 90: The following questions are related to the construction of words from an
alphabet set comprising of three letters: A, B and C. The words are formed by applying one or more of the
syntactical rules.
I. Rule 1 : If a word ends with letter A, then a new word can be made by adding B at the end.
II. Rule 2 : If ‘x’ is any sequence of letters and Cx is a word, then so is Cxx.
III. Rule 3 : If AAA occurs in any word, then we may drop it and replace it by B.
IV. Rule 4 : If BB occurs in any word, then we may drop it.
It is also given that CA is also a word. Given is an illustration of one of the ways of constructing the words
CBABBAB from CA in six steps.
i. CA (given)
ii. CAA (rule 2)
iii. CAAAA (rule 2)
iv. CBA (rule 3)
v. CBAB (rule 1)
vi. CBABBAB (rule 2)
Note: A step is defined as an addition of one ‘x’ or replacement of one set of AAA by one B.
90. If CB is also a valid word, then the number of constructible words in the collection in question 89 is
a. 5 b. 4 c. 3 d. 2
91. In a meeting there are five participants, A, B, C, D and E, out of which three are gents and two are ladies.
How many ways can they sit such that there is at least one lady to the side of each gentleman.
a. 12 b. 36 c. 24 d. 48
Direction for questions 92 to 97: Answer the questions based on the following information.
Function A(x, y) is defined only for non-negative integers.
A(x, y) = y + 1 if x = 0
= A(x – 1, y) if x ≠ 0 but y = 0
= A(x – 1, A(x, y –1)) if x ≠ 0 and y ≠ 0
92. A(1, 3) = ?
a. 5 b. 4 c. 3 d. None of these
93. A(2, 0) = ?
a. 4 b. 3 c. 2 d. None of these
94. A(1, 2) = ?
a. 3 b. 5 c. 4 d. None of these
Department
Processing Assembly Fabrication Total
Grade
54 60 45 145
W1
24 32 100 Skilled
62 64 64 174
W2 Unskilled
31 36 27 90
44 44 121
W3
22 16 14 50
28 32 22 72
W4
15 12 10 36
98. How many skilled workers work in a department other than the three given?
a. 49 b. 50 c. 52 d. 55
99. How many unskilled workers are there exclusively in the assembly department?
a. 46 b. 42 c. 44 d. 45
100. If 28 more skilled workers are added to W4 grade in assembly department, by how much per cent will
the skilled workers in processing depatment in grade W4 increase? [The same ratios are valid.]
a. 17% b. 19% c. 20% d. 25%
101. In the above case, how many skilled workers from fabrication department in W4 grade will also be
working in assembly department?
a. 15 b. 12 c. 13 d. 11
102. What is the ratio of the total number of workers of W4 grade working only in processing departement to
the number of skilled workers of W2 grade working exclusively in assembly department?
a. 2 : 1 b. 2 : 3 c. 1 : 2 d. 1 : 1
103. By how much per cent do the number of skilled workers from W1 grade working in both processing and
assembly departement exceed the corresponding numbers of the unskilled workers from W4 grade?
a. 500% b. 20% c. 400% d. 25%
105. How many unskilled workers from W2 and W3 grades work only in processing and fabrication departments?
a. 160 b. 288 c. 68 d. 94
106. Approximately what per cent of total employees are those of W1 grade working in fabrication department?
a. 12% b. 8% c. 10% d. 11%
107. Which among the following constitutes the highest number of workers?
a. Skilled workers of W3 grade working only in processing department
b. Skilled workers of W2 grade working only in fabricaiton department
c. Skilled workers of W2 grade working only in processing department
d. Skilled workers of W1 grade working only in assembly department
b c 2z
109. If a x = b y = c z , = and a, b and c are not equal, then what is the value of ?
a b x+z
y x x z
a. b. y c. d.
x z x
Direction for questions 110 to 114: Answer the questions based on the following information.
A function f(a, b) is defined for all integers a and b with a > b ≥ 0 as follows.
f(a, b) = a, if b = 0.
f(a, b) = f(b, r) if b > r, where r is the remainder when a is divided by b.
115. Ignoring the conditions I, II and III, how many different ways of selecting projects are there?
a. 6 b. 7 c. 4 d. 8
116. The number of selection combinations which satisfy at most one of the three conditions is
a. 3 b. 2 c. 4 d. 5
117. The number of selection combinations which satisfy at least two conditions is
a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 2
Direction for questions 119 to 125: Given below are some series of numbers or letters. One member of the
series is missing form the list marked as ‘?’. From the alternatives given for each question, select the correct
one.
119. 1W 2V 3U 5T ? 13R
a. 11Q b. 8X c. 9S d. 8S
120. HV GT FR EP DN ?
a. EM b. CW c. CL d. CM
121. I M Q ?
a. T b. W c. Z d. U
123. D F I M R ?
a. S b. X c. Y d. V
124. 2 3 4 6 8 ? 16 24
a. 14 b. 11 c. 13 d. 12
125. 2 4 8 14 22 ?
a. 28 b. 34 c. 32 d. 38
126. Bricks can be used as pillows. Only soft pillows put insomniacs to sleep. Ashok is not an insomniac.
Bricks are not soft. Ashok sleeps using bricks as pillows. Only insomniacs take sleeping pills. Ashok
takes sleeping pills.
a. 5 b. 6 c. 4 d. None of these
127. All poets are creatures of fantasy. Ram cannot create fantasy. Those who create fantasy are creatures
of fantasy. Those who are creatures of fantasy can create fantasy. Ram is a poet. Ram is a creature of
fantasy.
a. 4 b. 3 c. 5 d. None of these
128. Geeta is a housewife. No housewife can be an office worker. All housewives are cooks. Only good cooks
can cook fried rice. Geeta works in office. Geeta can cook fried rice. Geeta is not a very good cook.
a. 6 b. 5 c. 4 d. None of these
129. You can fool some people all the time but not all. Some people cannot be fooled all the time. Most of the
people can be fooled all the time. All the people can be fooled some time. Some people cannot be fooled
anytime.
a. 5 b. 4 c. 3 d. None of these
130. All successful managers are dishonest. All dishonest managers are successful. X is a successful
manager if and only if Y is a successful manager. X is an unsuccessful manager and he is a dishonest
manager. X is a successful manager and Y is an unsuccessful manager. Y is an honest manager.
a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. None of these.
Direction for questions 131 to 136: Answer the questions based on the following experiment.
Five different balls (1, 2, 3, 4 and 5) are distributed into four different urns (I, II, III, and IV). Each urn may not
receive any ball, may receive exactly one ball, or more than one ball.
133. The total number of ways in which the balls can be distributed in the urns is
a. 625 b. 1,024 c. 120 d. None of these
134. The number of ways in which the balls can be distributed in the urns, such that no urn is empty, is
a. 120 b. 240 c. 119 d. None of these
136. In the above set of questions, if the number of balls is changed from five to three and the number of urns
is changed from four to three, then in how many ways can the balls be distributed such that only one urn
is empty?
a. 18 b. 9 c. 24 d. None of these
138. What is the difference between the smallest and the largest six-digit numbers formed using the digits
0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5?
a. 440865 b. 419760 c. 502343 d. None of these
Direction for questions 139 and 140: Answer the questions based on the following data.
A survey was conducted by India Today to know how our Memebrs of Parliament (MPs) are conscious of the
population scenario of the country. The data below summarizes the number of children of the Lok Sabha and
the Rajya Sabha members, across different zones of the country.
Number of children
1 2 3 >3 Total no . of members
7 12 32 41 96 Lok
North Sabha
4 8 12 13 49
members
18 23 18 21 85 Rajya
East Sabha
11 16 1 4 33 members
43 12 8 96
Zone
South
21 23 5 3 59
18 42 16 14 113
West
6 17 7 7 42
3 43 44 62 154
Central
2 21 26 18 68
139. What per cent of the Rajya Sabha members do not have children at all?
a. 8.75% b. 11.24% c. 11.63% d. 10.35%
140. What is the average number of children of the Lok Sabha members from the south zone?
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. Cannot be determined
141. Which of the following Shakespearean plays is parodied in a scene in the Arnold Schwarzenegger flop
Last Action Hero?
a. Romeo and Juliet b. Twelfth Night c. Hamlet d. As You Like It
142. Which of the following element is lightest and has the atomic number 1?
a. Neon b. Helium c. Oxygen d. Hydrogen
144. Walker Cup is associated with which of the following sports disciplines?
a. Golf b. Tennis c. Football d. Squash
145. Who wrote the novel Jurassic Park on which the famous Steven Spielberg film was based?
a. Arthur C.Clarke b. John Grisham c. Michael Crichton d. George Hans
148. Which of the following personality’s song features in Jagjit Singh’s album, Samvedna?
a. Murli Manohar Joshi b. V. P. Singh c. Indira Nooyi d. Atal Behari Vajpayee
150. Which of the following personalites was addressing the meeting in Jalianwala Bagh on April 13,1919?
a. Dr Saifuddin Kitchlew b. Mahatma Gandhi
c. Lala Lajpat Rai d. None of these
151. Which of the following rulers suffered defeat in the famous Battle of Haldighati?
a. Akbar b. Aurangzeb c. Rana Pratap d. Ibrahim Lodi
152. ‘Allen Solly’, is a brand owned by which of the following group of companies?
a. Madura Coats b. Arvind Mills c. Mafatlal d. Raymonds
154. Which of the following personalities would you associate with Arzoo.com?
a. Rahul Bajaj b. Sabeer Bhatia
c. N.R. Narayana Murthy d. Arun Kumar
155. ‘World Ozone Day’, is celebrated on which of the following days every year?
a. October 7 b. September 16 c. November 15 d. December 5
157. Which of the following is the largest gland in the human body?
a. Liver b. Spleen c. Lungs d. Bile
158. This gentleman is associated with the propagation of the ‘Theory of heredity’ for the first time. We are
talking about
a. Gregor J. Mendel b. John Schotky c. Hargobind Khorana d. B. Srinivasan
159. What was the code name given for the joint Indian armed force’s, operations which evicted the Pakistanis
and their surrogates from Kargil in 1999 ?
a. Operation Vijay b. Operation Black Hill c. Operation PAKDEF d. Operation Victory
160. ‘Camry’ is the latest brand of car model from which of the following auto giant’s stable?
a. General Motors b.Toyota Motors c.Maruti Suzuki Ltd. d. Hyundai
161. ‘Be the first to know’, assures which of the following satellite channels?
a. CNN b. BBC World c. Fox News d. Star News
162. The muscial ‘West Side Story’ is based on which of the following Shakespearean plays?
a. As You Like It b. Romeo and Juliet c. Julius Caesar d. The Twelfth Night
166. Who is the present chief executive officer of General Electric (GE)?
a. Jack Welch b. Waren Buffett c. Jeffery Immelt d. Samuel J. Palmisano
169. Which of the following company has the punchline ‘We bring good things to life’?
a. Intel b. BPL c. Philips d. General Electric
170. 3001: The Final Odyssey’ has been authored by which of the following personalities?
a. Arthur C. Clarke b. William Golding c. Issac Asimov d. Alvin Toffler
172. Which river flows through the Grand Canyon in the USA?
a. Thames b. Thebes c. Colorado d. Mississippi
173. Which of the following towns was the birthplace of William Shakespeare?
a. Stratford-upon-Avon b. NewYork c. Thames City d. Viverendi City
174. The only state in India which has more female population than male population is
a. Orissa b. Kerala c. Maharashtra d. Nagaland
175. Which of the following missiles was test fired successfully on January 26, 2002?
a. AGNI - I b. AGNI - II c. AGNI - III d. AGNI - IV
176. Which of the following books is a good source of information on the history of Kashmir?
a. Kalhana’s Rajatarangini b. Kamban’s Raslila
c. Udayan’s Maitri d. Megasthenes’s India
178. The latest model of Barbie doll launched recently by Mattel Toys is
a. The President Barbie b. Spice Barbie
c. Dolly Barbie d. Rose Barbie
180. A professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences at MIT, his products have been used in
cars, space shuttles, ships and theatres. Who are we talking about?
a. Ajit Kelkar b. Amar Bose c. Arun Netravali d. Ajit S. Galgotia
181. Which of the following elements, after oxygen, is most abundant on earth’s crust?
a. Copper b. Silicon c. Aluminium d. Silver
182. Albert Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize for which of his following works?
a. Discovery of X-rays b. Diffraction of light
c. Photoelectric effect d. Effect of light on the mass of a body
184. Which was the only thing that remained in the Pandora’s Box after it was opened?
a. Love b. Life c. Hope d. Water
185. Beijing recently won the bid to host the 2008 Olympics. Which city achieved the second spot?
a. Chicago b. Toronto c. New Delhi d. New York
186. Which are the three destinations in Orissa known as part of the popular Golden Triangle?
a. Puri, Cuttack, Rourkela b. Puri, Konark and Bhubaneshwar
c. Cuttack, Bhubaneshwar, Puri d. Konark, Digha, Balasore
193. ‘It takes the rough with the smooth’ is used by which of the following car models?
a. TATA Sumo b. TATA Sierra c. TATA Indica d. Toyota Qualis
194. Justine Pasek was in the news for winning the Miss Universe title 2002 from Oxana Fedorora. She hails
from
a. Greece b. Panama c. Venezuela d. South Africa
195. Which of the following represents the number of member countries in WTO as on January 1, 2002?
a. 141 b. 142 c. 143 d. 144
196. Who was the first Indian film star who advertised for Lux soap ?
a. Persis Khambata b. Lila Chitnis c. Nargis d. Madhubala
198. ‘Cannon’ is a term associated with which of the following sports disciplines?
a. Carom b. Billiards c. Snooker d. Golf
Scoring table
Total questions Total attempted Total correct Total wrong Score Time taken
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4. Refer to the last line. 29. A lexicon is the politician’s glossary of terms or dictionary.
5. A newspaper feature is the most likely option. 30. Occult here means mysterious, beyond the range of
ordinary knowledge and hence concealed.
6. ‘Running’ is most akin to ‘managing’.
31. Overt means to be open about something and covert
7. The functions here have to be critical otherwise the means to be secretive.
business fails.
32. Incorrigible means someone who cannot be corrected
8. ‘Entail’ here means ‘necessitate’. and changed but reformable means someone who can
be reformed and changed.
9. ‘Cultivate’ means ‘to nurture’.
33. Transparent and opaque are clear antonyms.
10. ‘Propound’ means ‘to suggest’.
34. Quotidian means commonplace daily or usual. So the
11. ‘Saved’ and ‘created’ will not fit with ‘bad management’. opposite is unusual.
‘Toppled’ also won’t fit as we are not talking about
governments here. 35. A gawky person is awkward. A dexterous person is
skilful.
12. ‘Cornerstone’ means a basic part.
36. A comely person is attractive.
13. ‘Squander’ means to ‘throw away’.
37. An infirm person is weak.
14. ‘Incidents’ cannot ‘suffer’ or ‘chase’. ‘Threaten’ is also an
unlikely choice. 38. An errant person is wayward.
15. We look for an opposite word to ‘intimidate’. 39. Nurture and destroy are antonyms.
16. The first word in the word pair is the profession and the 40. To kindle is to ignite a fire.
second word is the tool.
41. Gratified here means thankful, and hence pleased or
17. The singular-plural pair. content.
18. The second word in the pair is a characteristic of the 42. A sympathizer is a person who subscribes to the views
first word in the pair. of the LTTE and is hence an ally.
19. ‘Implicate’ is an antonym of ‘exculpate’, ‘complicate’ is an 43. Credence here means to give weightage or believability
antonym of ‘simplify’. to Gowda’s assertion.
20. Malinger is to feign illness just as flattery is to appreciate 44. Brimming means to be full of something.
in an insincere manner.
45. An emissary is an envoy.
21. ‘Thor’ is the ‘God of Thunder’ as ‘Venus’ is the ‘God of
Love’. 46. To revoke means to cancel a law.
22. Doggerel is poor or trivial poetry as a potboiler is pulp 47. Matinee refers to the movies, specifically to an afternoon
fiction. show.
23. You need cunning to outfox someone and you need 48. Condemned means convicted or punished.
speed to outstrip someone.
49. ‘Expedient’ means ‘convenient’ or practical rather than
24. Olfactory pertains to the sense of smell (nose), whereas based on principles or moral grounds.
gustatory pertains to the sense of taste (tongue).
50. Impunity means to be free or exempt from blame.
25. A thread is inserted in the needle eye. Similarly a shoelace
is inserted in an eyelet. 51. The passage is from a political essay or a thesis.
75. Refer to paragraph 3. 89. The words that can be formed are:
CA
76. Enhance is to increase, whereas abate is to decrease in CAA (Rule 2)
intensity or the like. CBA (CAA → CAAAA → CBA)
CAB (CA → CAB)
77. Catalyst tends to speed up things, whereas a brake
tends to reduce speed. 90. The valid words possible are:
CBB (Rule 2)
78. Witless is foolish and hence the opposite of brilliant. CAB (As we take CA from question 9)
CBA
79. Dexterous is skillful, and not awkward. CAA
a x = by = c z = α
Unskilled:
∴ a = α 1/ x , b = α1 / y and c = α1 / z
W1 P A F W2 P A F b c
So =
a b
20 6 12 6 26 22 9 18 9 18
1 1 1 1
− −
⇒
αy x =αz y
1 1 1 1
W3 P A F W4 P A F ⇒ y−x =z−y
18 4 8 4 10 12 3 6 3 7 x+z 2 2z y
⇒ = ⇒ =
xz y x+z x